She spoke of how he assaulted her when they were teenagers, pushing her onto a bed and covering her mouth with his hand when she tried to scream.

Whether New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s rallying-call speech to the UN in New York, where she was cheered rather than laughed at like Mr Trump, is a sufficient counterbalance to male aggression is an open question.

She called for equality for women, action on climate change, and a recommitment to multilateralism.

“We must rediscover our shared belief in the value, rather than the harm, of connectedness,” Ardern declared.